Ubuntu 10.04 freeze prob. Maybe it is a software issue??

Edward78 · 25 Sep 2010 at 18:03

Ok sorry for the new topic about well the same thing really. Could it possibly be my browser (Firefox 3.6.10) or a plugin I have for it? That would just freeze the app. and not the whole system, right?

jack.mitchell · 25 Sep 2010 at 20:22

Have you tried running firefox in a terminal and see if it spits any output if it's just the app that freezes?

Edward78 · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:02

jack.mitchell said:
Have you tried running firefox in a terminal and see if it spits any output if it's just the app that freezes?

So a app. wouldn't cause a system wide freeze, didn't think so, just asked to make sure.

jack.mitchell · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:59

An app could possibly cause the whole system to come down but it would be very unlikely. I would say that most of the time if the whole system crashes then there is a problem with the kernel or one of its modules that your hardware has loaded.

Edward78 · 26 Sep 2010 at 16:28

jack.mitchell said:
An app could possibly cause the whole system to come down but it would be very unlikely. I would say that most of the time if the whole system crashes then there is a problem with the kernel or one of its modules that your hardware has loaded.

I have a file with my hardware info in it, if that would help. I can send it to you.

JRS · 26 Sep 2010 at 19:11

IME, when Firefox locks up it's down to a plugin (e.g. Flash) and doesn't knock the rest of the computer buzzy in the process so I have to echo jack.mitchell - it's probably a module loaded for your hardware that just isn't playing right.

tntcoder · 27 Sep 2010 at 01:31

Could also be bad RAM, might be worth running memtest. But yer it's most likely kernel issues as above.

Edward78 · 27 Sep 2010 at 15:18

tntcoder said:
Could also be bad RAM, might be worth running memtest. But yer it's most likely kernel issues as above.

I got 2 2 gig sticks to replace 1 bad 2 gig stick around a month back. My dad has mostly the same system all but the monitor (Samsung Syncmaster 2433ww), USB headphones (Plantronics), USB joypad (Logetech Dual Action) & USB mouse (MS Intelimouse), he has had 8.04, it never froze. I had that version also freeze on me before installing this version (clean install). I also remember seeing a message about SuSE 11 freezing & that is the same kernel right?